Japan and Ancient Greece by Michael Lucken
Japan and ancient Greece. Placed side by side, these two concepts give the impression of something very strange, a sort of chimera - half Apollo, half samurai; half Venus, half geisha - set on a ground that is at once white and blue like the Cyclades, dark green and vermillion like Shintō shrines. How could two countries so distant from each other be joined together to form a coherent image, to give birth to a meaningful concept? In this groundbreaking study - translated into English for the first time - Michael Lucken analyses the manifold ways in which Japan has adopted and engaged with ancient Greece in the period from the Meiji restoration to the present. This invaluable and timely volume not only demonstrates that the influence of ancient Greece has permeated all aspects of Japanese public and cultural life, but ultimately illustrates that the reception of Classics is a global phenomenon.
Michael Lucken is Professor of Contemporary Japanese History at the Institut National des Anciens Langues et Civilisations Orientales. He is also the author of: L'Art du Japon au vingtième siècle (2001), Les Japonais et la guerre 1937-1952 (2013), and Imitation and Creativity in Japanese Arts from Kishida Ryūsei to Miyazaki Hayao (2016). Many of his books are translated in English, Japanese, Chinese and Greek. He has received several awards for his academic achievements, including the Konishi Translated Literature Prize (2012) and the Académie Française–Thiers Prize for best history book (2014). This book was originally published in French under the title Le Japon grec: Culture et possession (Gallimard, 2019) and has received several awards, including the Great Prize of Blois History Festival. Malcolm DeBevoise, a three-time winner of the French-American Foundation Prize for non-fiction, has translated more than fifty works from French and Italian in all branches of scholarship. Phillip Mitsis is A. S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Culture and Civilization at New York University and Acadmic Director of the American Institute for Verdi Studies. His most recent book is Natura Aut Voluntas. Recherches sur la pensée politique et éthique hellénistique et romaine et son influence (Brepols, 2020).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781009528696 |
| ISBN 10 | 1009528696 |
| Title | Japan and Ancient Greece |
| Author | Michael Lucken |
| Series | Classical Scholarship In Translation |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2026-07-31 |
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